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View all search resultsalks to revise the Constitutional Court Law have resurfaced after lawmakers and major political parties in the House of Representatives voiced objection to the Court’s recent decision to separate national and local elections, accusing it of overstepping its constitutional authority.
The renewed discussions follow a Constitutional Court ruling issued last month, which mandates that starting in 2029, national and regional elections will be held between two and two-and-a-half years apart, effectively ending the simultaneous “five-ballot elections” implemented in 2014 and 2019.
The Court’s decision has triggered pushback from political parties in the House, raising concerns that they may attempt to undermine the ruling, potentially through a revision of the Constitutional Court Law that critics warn could erode judicial independence.
Muhammad Khozin, a politician from the National Awakening Party (PKB) and a member of House Commission II overseeing home affairs, said the Court had overstepped its role by issuing what he considers a legislative decision. He argued that revising the Constitutional Court Law is necessary to clarify the limits of its authority.
“In our constitution, it is the House and the government that make laws. The Constitutional Court’s role is to safeguard the constitution, not to act like a legislator,” Khozin said in a press release. “If the Court is now seen as having the power to create laws, then it might as well be officially legitimized [in the law].”
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The proposed amendment has sparked sharp criticism from constitutional law experts and pro-democracy advocates who accuse lawmakers of trying to push it through with minimal public consultation and without adequate scrutiny–an effort, they say, aimed at tightening political control over the judiciary.
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